(A Song of degrees for Solomon.) Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Proverbs 24:3Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Haggai 1:8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Luke 14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Ephesians 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.